QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-515
Who documented this quilt?
Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University
Date data was collected:
6/12/1997
Interviewer:
Susan Roach
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
827
Quilt's title:
Bow Tie
Quilt owner's city:
Downsville
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
True Lover's Knot
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Quilt top made by:
Griffin, Allie Hammock
Quilted by:
Griffin, Allie Hammock
Quiltmaker's date of birth:
2/16/1898
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
6/2/1984
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hammock
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
more than 50
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
Learned to quilt from: Allie Hammock Griffin learned to quilt from her mother Alice Hammock, who was born in Tulsa, OK on an Indian reservation. Alice and her brother left Tulsa and went to Geogia. She moved to Monroe LA and met George Hammock. They made their home around D Allie liked to change patterns and would cut them out of magazines like Good Housekeeping. She like to give quilts away. She had a steamstress daughter who liked to card cotton as a hobby.
Major influences on quiltmaking?
Alice taught Allie the basics of quilting, and then Allie learned some from other women in the Red Circle Club at each other's houses.
Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:
Quilting done with: Other, Bow Tie, Tulip, Drunkard's Path
Reason(s) for quiltmaking:
Gifts
Type of item:
Quilt top with unfinished edge
Sizes, overall width:
77.5
Sizes, overall length:
82.5
Size of quilt blocks:
7.25 X 7.25
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Pieced quilt type:
Block pattern
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Setting:
Side by side
Brackman ID#:
1429b
Number of borders:
4
Describe the borders:
4 inches wide, Multiple
Top fabric, colors:
Beige or Tan; Brown; Gold; Yellow
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Griffin, Allie Hammoc. Bow Tie. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-515. Accessed: 04/26/24